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1、2015年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(二)试题SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)Inourcontemporaryculture,theprospectofcommunicatingwith—orevenlookingat—astrangerisvirtuallyunbearable.Everyo
2、nearoundusseemstoagreebythewaytheyclingtotheirphones,evenwithouta__1__onasubway.It’sasadreality—ourdesiretoavoidinteractingwithotherhumanbeings—becausethere’s__2__tobegainedfromtalkingtothestrangerstandingbyyou.Butyouwouldn’tknowit,__3__intoyourphone.Thisuniversalpr
3、otectionsendsthe__4__:“Pleasedon’tapproachme.”Whatisitthatmakesusfeelweneedtohide__5__ourscreens?Oneanswerisfear,accordingtoJonWortmann,anexecutivementalcoach.Wefearrejection,orthatourinnocentsocialadvanceswillbe__6__as“weird.”Wefearwe’llbe__7__.Wefearwe’llbedisrupt
4、ive.Strangersareinherently__8__tous,sowearemorelikelytofeel__9__whencommunicatingwiththemcomparedwithourfriendsandacquaintances.Toavoidthisuneasiness,we__10__toourphones.“Phonesbecomeoursecurityblanket,”Wortmannsays.“Theyareourhappyglassesthatprotectusfromwhatweperc
5、eiveisgoingtobemore__11__.”Butonceweripoffthebandaid,tuckoursmartphonesinourpocketsandlookup,itdoesn’t__12__sobad.Inone2011experiment,behavioralscientistsNicholasEpleyandJulianaSchroederaskedcommuterstodotheunthinkable:Starta__13__.TheyhadChicagotraincommuterstalkto
6、theirfellow__14__.WhenDr.EpleyandMs.Schroederaskedotherpeopleinthesametrainstationto__15__howtheywouldfeelaftertalkingtoastranger,thecommutersthoughttheir__16__wouldbemorepleasantiftheysatontheirown,”TheNewYorkTimessummarizes.Thoughtheparticipantsdidn’texpectapositi
7、veexperience,afterthey__17__withtheexperiment,“notasinglepersonreportedhavingbeenembarrassed.”__18__,thesecommuteswerereportedlymoreenjoyablecomparedwiththosewithoutcommunication,whichmakesabsolutesense,__19__humanbeingsthriveoffofsocialconnections.It'sthat__20__:Ta
8、lkingtostrangerscanmakeyoufeelconnected.1.[A]ticket[B]permit[C]signal[D]record2.[A]nothing[B]little[C]another[D]much3.[A]beaten[B]guided[C